Record when motion is detected
Turn on motion detection for a camera channel and set the recording schedule to Motion.
Applies to: Silarius NVRs running the NVR 5.0 interface
- Open Motion Detection
Right-click on the live view, open System (gear icon) and go to Normal Event → Motion Detection.
- Turn it on for a channel
Pick the channel and tick Enable.
- Set the area and sensitivity
Click Set Area and drag over the part of the picture to watch (it turns into a red grid). Move the Sensitivity slider (0-10; higher is more sensitive).
- Set when it is armed
Click Arming Schedule and draw the times, or click Edit Time to set days and time periods.
- Choose what happens
Click Linkage Action and tick Channel Recording. You can also tick Buzzer Alarm, E-mail Notification or Full Screen Monitoring.
- Save
Click Apply. Use Copy to give other channels the same settings.
- Open the recording schedule
Right-click on the live view, open Storage and go to Record. By default every channel records 24 hours a day (Normal).
- Set Motion recording times
Pick the channel and the Motion record type, then drag across the time chart, or click Edit to set up to 6 periods a day. Click Apply (or Save in Edit).
- Fine-tune and copy
Under More Settings you can set pre-record and post-record times. Click Copy to apply the schedule to other channels.
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